EFL Cup Semi-Final Betting Tips for Chelsea v Arsenal

The sixty-sixth edition of the EFL Cup is here with ninety-two teams battling it out for a spot in the final at the iconic Wembley Stadium in March 2026.

@Footy_Tipster gives his best predictions ahead of this round of fixtures in the EFL Cup..

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Five-time EFL Cup winners Chelsea take on high-flying Arsenal on Wednesday night at Stamford Bridge in this mouth-watering semi-final first leg.

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Now, let’s take a closer look at some EFL Cup odds and betting angles for Wednesday’s fixture:

Chelsea v Arsenal – Wednesday, 8pm

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• Liam Rosenior will take charge of his Chelsea side for the first time on home soil, he’s not made a bad start to his Blues career having thumped Championship side Charlton 5-1 in the FA Cup on Saturday night.
• Chelsea fans will be hoping he can take their side to claiming their first domestic trophy since 2017/2018, with Arsenal’s brilliant home record you feel like Chelsea will need to grab a positive result on Wednesday to take across the capital at the beginning of February.
• This is the second meeting between these two sides this season, having played out a 1-1 draw here in the Premier League in November despite Chelsea playing the majority of the game with ten players, they haven’t beat the Gunners here since August 2018.
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• Arsenal had to come from behind against Championship side Portsmouth in the FA Cup on Sunday afternoon but left the south coast with a comfortable 4-1 victory and a place in the next round, extending their unbeaten run to nine games in all competitions.
• Despite sitting top of the Premier League with a six point gap, Mikel Arteta will still be targeting this competition just to end Arsenal’s abysmal record, having only lifted this trophy on two occasions, with their last one coming back in 1993, remarkable. 
• The Gunners have lost just two of their fifteen away games so far this season in all competitions (W11, D2, L2) and have lost just one of their last ten visits to Stamford Bridge, with each of the last three meetings here ending in a stalemate, it’s hard to back against that trend continuing.

Prediction: Both Teams To Score & Draw, Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal.

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